Youth Crisis Program Supervisor

DELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN•Dover, DE

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Crisis Program Manager, the MRSS Crisis Supervisor plans, directs and coordinates activities of MRSS (Crisis Intervention/Prevention) to ensure that clinically appropriate goals and procedures are accomplished in accordance with risk factors, time limitations, funding requirements, and JCAHO and licensing regulations.

Requirements

Master’s Degree which qualifies for licensure in the state of Delaware as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), License Professional Counselor of Mental Health (LPCMH), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Psychologist
Possess Delaware Clinical Licensure (social work, psychology, counseling)
Minimum of 3 years post licensure clinical experience preferably within an evidenced-based or evidenced-informed child and family interventions
Minimum of 2 years post graduate supervisory experience preferably within an evidenced-based or evidenced-informed child and family interventions
Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record

Nice To Haves

3 or more continuing education credits in clinical supervision within last year
Multilingual

Responsibilities

Demonstrates knowledge of individual growth and development.
Demonstrates knowledge of family and community systems.
Responsible for managing a clinically appropriate 24/7 crisis program for children.
Develops and maintains procedures/policies for daily operations: mobilization of crisis workers to hospitals, schools, homes and other community agencies in order to provide risk assessments and appropriate referrals to insure the safety of the child.
Develops procedures to enable crisis workers to access supervision on a daily basis to resolve difficulties in clinical assessments and crisis situations.
Provides daily crisis case management and assigning of cases on an as need basis.
Monitors daily crisis interventions and risk factors for individual cases.
Responsible for making the final decision to hospitalize or to place a child in a crisis bed.
Facilitate ongoing crisis training to encourage growth among crisis counselors.
Provide on-site field assistance to crisis counselors as needed.
Implement and coordinate ongoing group and individual supervision for the crisis counselors paying attention to licensing requirements and employee career development.
Work closely with the community mental health providers, law enforcement departments, State of Delaware hospitals and Prevention and Behavioral Health Services to facilitate appropriate services for children and their families.
Develop and maintain ongoing procedures to manage crisis situations ranging from decompensation of the mentally ill, drug/alcohol problems, suicidal/homicidal ideation, family conflict, physical and sexual abuse, etc.
Participate in one week a month on-call rotation for supervisory consultation with crisis clinicians who are assessing clients in the community
Uphold professional standards of treatment and the mission of Delaware Guidance Services in imparting services to children and their families.
Maintain a quality code of conduct, ethics and professionalism as demonstrated in the MRSS Program Manual.
Impart clinical knowledge and expertise in a manner congruent with providing goal-directed and team-oriented services towards children.
Communicate effectively and professionally with all customers, including children, parents, Department of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services and other state and county agencies.
Maintain crisis services to children and families in compliance with requirements published in the Department of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services Manual.
Responsible for coordinating and maintaining proper documentation of all incoming assessments from crisis evaluation. Verify that risk factors are addressed and all notations are precise and accurate.
Establish and maintain outcome measures.
Responsible for assigning and scheduling crisis counselors to specific shifts and maintain a sense of stability on those shifts.
Attend individual meetings with the MRSS Program Manager and management team meetings.
Responsible for weekly crisis program updates to the MRSSS Program Manager.
Participate in the interview process of potential candidates for the crisis program.
Responsible for evaluating crisis counselors’ progress within the program and updating the MRSS Program Manager with staff concerns.
Facilitate training for newly hired crisis counselors.
Responsible for the coordination of cases and policies with the Department of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services.
Ensure staff knowledge of and compliance with appropriate licensing, contractual and other standards impacting daily operations.
Other duties as assigned.